Carruthers Beattie
First principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town from 1918 to 1937
Why Is Carruthers Beattie Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir John Carruthers Beattie was the first principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town . Beattie was born in Waterbeck, Scotland. He graduated from Edinburgh University having studied at Munich, Vienna, Berlin and Glasgow. Soon afterwards he was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics and Experimental Physics at South African College in Cape Town. He married Elizabeth Paton in 1898. They had two daughters and a son. Their son was killed while serving with the Royal Air Force in 1942. For his contributions to education in South Africa, he was knighted in 1920. He died in Cape Town.
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